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I am a registered daycare and have had a dcg enrolled for about 1.5 years. Her mom has always been demanding. But the dcg was also my first child enrolled so I wanted to be accommodating.
Some background:
When DCM worked closer, she used to stop in almost every day. But, now that she has changed jobs, she just texts every day. Which is fine, except that I provide a live updated child log of what we do, what she eats, her diaper changes, nap times, activities, that she never checks.
DCM is a teacher, and last December, when she was going to be on holiday break, she told me she didn't feel comfortable paying me when DCG would be out so she wasn't going to. She actually had the check in hand then walked out with it. I told her that we have a contract in place, and I collected a deposit in the beginning, so that deposit would go into effect and that would be it. She ended up paying.
I provide B, L, PM snack. They thought she had a dairy allergy so they were excluding dairy from dcg's diet. I told them they need to pack her meals (I have a contract clause saying that parents need to provide meals for special diets.) Then I fed DCG a meal. DCM texts saying that she doesn't eat pork because of religious reasons. In the 1.5 years DCG has been with me, I was never told that. I emailed DCM 5 months prior and asked what foods are okay to eat and got no response. So, I told them to pack meals again. They didn't. I told them again to pack. They didn't. I finally wrote an email asking them to respect my business and sat down with them. Only then did they pack meals.
DCM would always constantly text me telling me to do this and that. To provide this food or that food. Goldfish are only okay a couple days a week. Even sent me a video on how to apply sunscreen on a child.
DCM always asks what activities I do during the day and said she would provide a box of activities for DCG. I don't have time for that. I follow a curriculum. We do plenty during the day. I actually have a private page for parents where I post pictures of the activities we do during the day, but DCM opted out.
Now, DCM is pregnant and wants to bring new baby. In May, I said if they just pay a deposit for new baby then I would hold that spot since DCG is still attending. DCM said they didn't have enough money while on summer break so gave me a portion of the deposit, and would pay the rest once the school year started. I asked 2 weeks ago for the rest of the deposit, and nothing. Then I sent an email saying I wanted the rest by last Friday. DCD said they didn't have enough so asked for an extension until this Friday. So, I'm waiting and haven't received anything yet. I am ready to fill that spot if I don't get the deposit by Friday.
Every time I see a text or email from DCM, it makes me anxious because it's always something. Am I overreacting though? Is this normal parent behavior? Please help!
Some background:
When DCM worked closer, she used to stop in almost every day. But, now that she has changed jobs, she just texts every day. Which is fine, except that I provide a live updated child log of what we do, what she eats, her diaper changes, nap times, activities, that she never checks.
DCM is a teacher, and last December, when she was going to be on holiday break, she told me she didn't feel comfortable paying me when DCG would be out so she wasn't going to. She actually had the check in hand then walked out with it. I told her that we have a contract in place, and I collected a deposit in the beginning, so that deposit would go into effect and that would be it. She ended up paying.
I provide B, L, PM snack. They thought she had a dairy allergy so they were excluding dairy from dcg's diet. I told them they need to pack her meals (I have a contract clause saying that parents need to provide meals for special diets.) Then I fed DCG a meal. DCM texts saying that she doesn't eat pork because of religious reasons. In the 1.5 years DCG has been with me, I was never told that. I emailed DCM 5 months prior and asked what foods are okay to eat and got no response. So, I told them to pack meals again. They didn't. I told them again to pack. They didn't. I finally wrote an email asking them to respect my business and sat down with them. Only then did they pack meals.
DCM would always constantly text me telling me to do this and that. To provide this food or that food. Goldfish are only okay a couple days a week. Even sent me a video on how to apply sunscreen on a child.
DCM always asks what activities I do during the day and said she would provide a box of activities for DCG. I don't have time for that. I follow a curriculum. We do plenty during the day. I actually have a private page for parents where I post pictures of the activities we do during the day, but DCM opted out.
Now, DCM is pregnant and wants to bring new baby. In May, I said if they just pay a deposit for new baby then I would hold that spot since DCG is still attending. DCM said they didn't have enough money while on summer break so gave me a portion of the deposit, and would pay the rest once the school year started. I asked 2 weeks ago for the rest of the deposit, and nothing. Then I sent an email saying I wanted the rest by last Friday. DCD said they didn't have enough so asked for an extension until this Friday. So, I'm waiting and haven't received anything yet. I am ready to fill that spot if I don't get the deposit by Friday.
Every time I see a text or email from DCM, it makes me anxious because it's always something. Am I overreacting though? Is this normal parent behavior? Please help!
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